Why did Soviet leaders blacklist Shostakovich's compositions in 1948?Multiple choice question.He used Babi Yar, a poem about the massacre of Jews in Kiev by the Nazis, in his Thirteenth Symphony.He refused to represent the Soviet Union at a World Peace Congress in New York.His opera Lady Macbeth was called "chaos instead of music" by Soviet leaders.He was accused of following "the cult of atonality, dissonance, and discord."

Which historical period does Shostakovich represent?

Which of the following scenarios best demonstrates Russian musicologists’ endeavors to identify “false art” during the Stalinist era?A.Soviet musicologists censor historical music that may affect Soviet citizens in undesirable ways.B.Soviet musicologists write extensive commentary to be published along with a composition.C.A composer creates a piece meant to express the oppositional nature of life in Stalinist Russia.D.Soviet musicologists condemn a composition for imitating forms of European art music.

Question 5 of 10Why did Soviets follow Stalin so eagerly despite his atrocities?A.Because he made peace with Germany whom they had fearedB.Because his rule resembled the czarist reign that Lenin had destroyedC.Because he was a Fascist that destroyed their unfair socialist societyD.Because he conditioned the younger generation to honor him above their familiesSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Select all the statements about Sergei Prokofiev.Multiple select question.He studied piano and composition at the St. Petersburg Conservatory.He left Russia following the 1917 Russian Revolution.He was banned from the Soviet Union after being denounced as a "formalist."Performances of some of his works were banned in the Soviet Union.

Who was the powerful and ruthless leader of the Soviet Union from 1929-1953 who also ordered the Great Purge in which he had his real and imagined enemies arrested and even killed?